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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

 

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) June 28, 2019

 

ACORN ENERGY, INC.

(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

Delaware   001-33886   22-2786081
(State or Other Jurisdiction   (Commission   (IRS Employer
of Incorporation)   file Number)   Identification No.)

 

1000 N West St., Suite 1200, Wilmington, Delaware   19801
 (Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (410) 654-3315

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

[  ] Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
   
[  ] Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-2 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-2)
   
[  ] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
   
[  ] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

 

Emerging growth company [  ]

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. [  ]

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class   Trading Symbol(s)   Name of each exchange on which registered
None        

 

 

 

   
 

 

Item 3.02 Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.

 

On June 28, 2019, following and in connection with the closing of its previously-disclosed Rights Offering on June 24, 2019, the Registrant completed the sale of 6,242,394 shares of its Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, pursuant to the terms of the Rights Offering Backstop Agreement, at a price of $0.24 per share (which was equivalent to the per-share subscription price in the Rights Offering). In consummating such sale of unregistered securities, the Registrant relied on the exemption from registration provided under Rule 506 of Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, based upon the number and nature of the purchasers.

 

Item 8.01 Other Events.

 

On July 1, 2019, the Registrant issued the press release attached as Exhibit 99.1 hereto announcing the completion of its previously-announced Rights Offering and the repurchase of a 19% interest in its OmniMetrix, LLC subsidiary.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits

 

99.1 Press Release of Acorn Energy, Inc., dated July 1, 2019

 

   
 

 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized on this 1st day of July, 2019.

 

  ACORN ENERGY, INC.
     
  By: /s/ Tracy S. Clifford
  Name:  Tracy S. Clifford
  Title: Chief Financial Officer